Indonesia is the third largest
contributor to the global TB burden and among the top 20
countries in the world for TB/HIV and multi-drug resistant
TB (MDR-TB). allocated...
The International Finance
Corporation’s (IFC) Women’s Employment
provides gender-smart business solutions to IFC clients in
Manufacturing, Agribusiness,...
Type: BriefReport#: 172755Date: January 1, 2021Author:
Lozansky,Tania ;
Daley,Sanola Alexia
India, the world’s
third-largest economy, still faces the important development
challenge of closing the gap in women’s economic
inclusion. While the country...
Type: BriefReport#: 184081Date: January 1, 2021Author:
World Bank
The Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has
caused a dramatic disruption in the delivery of education
and health services in the Philippines. With school closures
and challenges...
The Temperature-Controlled Logistics
(TCL) market represents an attractive investment opportunity
in emerging markets. Simply put, there is a growing demand
for services,...
Type: BriefReport#: 156657Date: January 1, 2021Author:
Ksoll,Christian Daniel ;
Pulido,Daniel ;
Gupta,Harsh
International Finance Corporation (IFC)
and WEConnect International have partnered to boost market
access for women entrepreneurs by i) raising awareness on
the business...
The news story headline, ‘India goes
nuts over Pakistani textile products,’ captures the
excitement of Indian customers in 2012 when given direct
access to Pakistani...
Over the last decade, Rwanda has been
able to make important economic and structural reforms and
sustain its economic growth rates. The government has put in
place a...
Type: BriefReport#: 184084Date: January 1, 2021Author:
World Bank
This note highlights how the Mexico
Youth Labor Market Inclusion (MYLMI) project used four
strategies to incorporate youth voice in the design of their
program. The...
As the pandemic started spreading to
sub-Saharan Africa, one concern has been that of its
possible impacts on food security, as the crisis has the
potential to exacerbate...
Type: BriefReport#: 155894Date: January 1, 2021Author:
Amankwah,Akuffo ;
Gourlay,Sydney
The World Bank and the Liberian
government, through the Liberia Institute of Statistics and
Geo-Information Services (LISGIS) and the Forestry
Development Authority...
A Risk Sharing Facility (RSF) is a
bilateral loss-sharing agreement between IFC and an
originator of assets in which IFC reimburses the originator
for a portion of the...
In January 2003, the Government
Procurement Reform Act (GPRA) was signed into law by the
Philippine government. One of the main reforms of the law is
that it enabled...
Type: BriefReport#: 157266Date: January 1, 2021Author:
Septimo,Anthony S. ;
Penalosa,John Estanley Z.
Over the past fifteen years, IFC has
invested in support of pioneering Temperature-Controlled
Logistics (TCL) companies in Asia. The experience gained
from these investments...
Type: BriefReport#: 156659Date: January 1, 2021Author:
Ksoll,Christian Daniel ;
Pulido,Daniel ;
Gupta,Harsh
En Chile, como en la mayoría de
los países, los efectos de la crisis por COVID-19
se han traducido en escasez de tiempo y disminución
de oportunidades...
SASO and the South Asian Bands Festival
are by no means the only platforms for music from the
region. Amid the technology-driven surge in smartphone
usage, the key to...
Type: BriefReport#: 158692Date: January 1, 2021Author:
Koshi,Nitin Enathickal
Most people don’t give much thought to
the issue of food quietly spoiling in warehouses and trucks
around the world. Yet the cost of such waste is massive,
whether it...
Type: BriefReport#: 156661Date: January 1, 2021Author:
Ksoll,Christian Daniel ;
Pulido,Daniel ;
Gupta,Harsh
Titularizadora Colombiana is
Colombia's first secondary mortgage market company
specializing in supporting the country's residential
mortgage market through securitizations...
Founded in 1962, Universidad de San
Martín de Porres (USMP) is the largest private university in
Peru. The university caters to students mostly from the
lower-middle...
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